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The Pricing of Internet Stocks (II)
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-475-EFinanceThis note, which complements the note "The Pricing of Internet Stocks" (FN-467-E), addresses the application of the reverse valuation and expected values methods to the valuation of Yahoo!, the leading Internet portal and one of the blue chips of the Internet world. The note concludes by stressing that, regardless of the merits of the new measures designed to assess the value of Internet stocks, the value of any company was, is, and always will b...Starting at €8.20
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Valoración de empresas de Internet (II)
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-475FinanceEsta nota, que es un complemento de la nota "Valoración de empresas de Internet" (FN-467), aborda dos cuestiones principales, a saber, la de la valoración inversa y la de los valores esperados a la hora de efectuar una valoración de Yahoo, el portal más importante de Internet y uno de los blue chips del mundo virtual. La nota finaliza haciendo hincapié en que, independientemente de los méritos de los nuevos sistemas de medición concebidos para es...Starting at €8.20
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Beta, apalancamiento, y coste del capital
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-616FinanceLa presente nota analiza brevemente el beta apalancado y no apalancado, una técnica versátil y ampliamente utilizada que tiene muchas y diversas aplicaciones en el ámbito de las finanzas. En concreto, esta nota aborda la lógica de dicha técnica y sus principales expresiones matemáticas, e ilustra su utilidad mediante un caso práctico basado en la empresa Starbucks.Starting at €8.20
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A (Very) Brief Introduction to Shazam
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-438-EFinanceShazam is a very powerful package for statistics and econometrics that occupies only four megabytes of disk space. In addition to the hundreds of commands and options that Shazam offers, with a bit of skill the user can program himself just about anything he may need from an econometric point of view. This note only attempts to help users with their very first steps in Shazam, such as the handling of files and a few basic commands.Starting at €8.20
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Herramientas financieras esenciales: Herramienta 5 - La rentabilidad exigida y el CAPM
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-559FinanceEn esta nota se analiza la relación entre riesgo y rentabilidad. Es evidente que todos los inversores desean que una mayor exposición al riesgo sea compensada con una rentabilidad también mayor, pero para poder estimar la rentabilidad real que los inversores deberían exigir en función de los diferentes niveles de riesgo necesitamos un modelo. El CAPM (modelo de valoración de activos financieros) es uno de los modelos más utilizados en finanzas y ...Starting at €8.20
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The Essential Financial Toolkit: Tool 6 - Downside Risk
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-560-EFinanceThis note discusses a view of risk that, unlike the standard deviation and beta, focuses on the downside faced by investors. Of the several measures that attempt to capture this downside, the focus here is on the semideviation, an increasingly-popular magnitude that measures volatility below any chosen benchmark.Starting at €8.20
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The Modigliani - Miller propositions: A simple example
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-414-EFinanceThis note illustrates with a simple example the Modigliani-Miller propositions I and II, which constitute one of the cornerstones of modern financial theory. It starts with a quick review of the original version of the propositions, and then illustrates them with an example. It then moves to address the impact of introducing corporate taxes in the model, and illustrates such impact with another example.Starting at €8.20
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The Essential Financial Toolkit: Tool 9 - Multiples
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-563-EFinanceThis note discusses stock valuation using relative valuation ratios, typically referred to as multiples. These multiples are widely used by equity analysts and widely discussed in the financial press. Their popularity is largely due to their simplicity but, as discussed in this case, this simplicity may be deceiving, may lead to faulty analyses, and ultimately to wrong investment decisions.Starting at €8.20
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The Essential Financial Toolkit: Tool 2 - Mean Returns
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-553-EFinanceThis note discusses three definitions of mean returns and highlights their different interpretations and uses. In many cases, particularly when evaluating risky assets, the concept of "mean return"¿ is meaningless and stating the type of mean return discussed, arithmetic or geometric, is essential. Also, when investors trade actively, their mean return and that of the asset in which they invest may differ, which requires yet another concept, the ...Starting at €8.20
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The Essential Financial Toolkit: Tool 1 - Returns
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-552-EFinanceThis note discusses the concept of returns, essential for evaluating the performance of any investment. We will start by defining the arithmetic return in any given period, and then expand the definition to multiperiod returns. Then we will define the logarithmic return in any given period, and again expand the definition to multiperiod returns. Finally, we will conclude by discussing the distinction between these two types of returns.Starting at €8.20